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Tag: intellectual and developmental disabilities

we see some people laying on weight benches doing chest presses of weight bars during a CrossFit class. Other people are standing around, spotting the weightlifters.
Posted inDisabilities

Kids and adults with disabilities find community, fitness in workout class

by Isabel Lewis July 7, 2023July 6, 2023

By Isabel Lewis On a warm summer evening, laughter filled a gym furnished with red and black fitness equipment as more than 20 people attempted to grab clothespins attached to each other’s shirts.  This fitness class, called Power Hour, is a little different from some of the others offered throughout the Triangle region. The clothespin […]

A state official with a microphone talks about Medicaid during an event.
Posted inMedicaid

NC officials give update on delayed rollout of tailored Medicaid plans 

by Jaymie Baxley June 27, 2023June 26, 2023
Shows the NC legislative building framed by fall leaves against the backdrop of a clear blue sky.
Posted inDisabilities

“Nobody cares if we’re shuttled off somewhere”

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven February 21, 2023March 2, 2023
Two yellow figures emerge from behind bars and start walking down a path. At the end of the path is a house, but there is a roadblock in the way.
Posted inPrison Health

After prison, individualized reentry plans are cutting recidivism

by Rachel Crumpler September 7, 2022September 6, 2022
Blocks spelling out new normal
Posted inHealth Inequities

What does ‘back to normal’ mean for people hit hardest by the pandemic?

by Elizabeth Thompson and Rachel Crumpler August 11, 2022August 30, 2022
Posted inDisabilities

Study finds racial, geographic inequities among recipients of NC disability services

by Taylor Knopf June 16, 2022June 19, 2022

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